Internal Audit assists the Board of Trustees and the Commissioner in achieving sound managerial control over all aspects of the operations of higher education, including accounting, asset management, information management and control systems, and other such activities for which the Board is responsible.

Internal Audit's mission is to make a positive contribution to the university system by examining and evaluating the activities of the universities and the executive office in order to provide feedback to the Board and to management regarding the degree to which the following areas are being successfully accomplished: